After almost a month off due to World Cup qualifiers and domestic tournaments, the Western Hemisphere's most prestigious club tournament resumed with the 2nd leg of the quarterfinals. The final four teams have been determined as we get closer to knowing what team will be crowned "Campeon de América"

Wednesday's matches were a pair of scoreless matches that saw the home team in the 2nd leg advance. In Porto Alegre, Grêmio were the most aggressive side and even though they didn't score, Tricolor managed to minimize Caracas' goal attempts and advanced on away goals. The other scoreless draw took place in Montevideo where Nacional eliminated Palmeiras at the Estadio Centenario on the away goals rule. Nacional's place in the final 4 is the 1st time since Danubio in 1989 that a Uruguayan side has reached the semifinals.

Thursday's matches did see goals scored as another Uruguayan tried to make the semis. Defensor Sporting trailed 1-0 going into La Plata against Estudiantes and left the Estadio Jorge Luis Hirsch eliminated from the tournament 2-0 on aggregate. Leandro Benítez's 14th minute goal gave Estudiantes the pass to the semis and ended Defensor's cinderella Libertadores run. This is the deepest Libertadores run for Estudiantes since 1983 when they were eliminated in the 2nd group phase of the tournament.

The other match on Thursday saw Brazil's most decorated Libertadores club ousted. São Paulo were beaten 2-0 at home in the Morumbi by Cruzeiro. Tricolor Paulista were eliminated 4-1 on aggregate as they were done in by two 2nd half goals and 2 red cards. Henrique scored a powerful, bending GOLAZO in the 67th minute and Kleber finished off São Paulo with a PK in the 82nd after Andre Dias' handball in the box. São Paulo received 1 red card in each half to seal their elimination. São Paulo sacked coach Muricy Ramalho as a result of this defeat.

Here are the results from the 2nd leg and semifinal matchups:

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17th

Grêmio (BRA) 0 - 0 FC Caracas (VEN)
Aggregate: 1-1, Grêmio advances on away goals

Nacional (URU) 0 - 0 Palmeiras (BRA)
Aggregate: 1-1, Nacional advances on away goals

THURSDAY, JUNE 18th

Estudiantes LP (ARG) 1 - 0 Def. Sporting (URU)
EST: Leandro Benítez (14')
Estudiantes LP advances 2-0 aggregate

São Paulo (BRA) 0 - 2 Cruzeiro (BRA)
CRZ: Henrique (67') & Kleber (pen 82')
Cruzeiro advances 4-1 on aggregate

SEMIFINALS
Cruzeiro (BRA) vs. Grêmio (BRA) - Estudiantes LP (ARG) vs. Nacional (URU)
1st Leg = June 24 & 25
2nd Leg = July 1 & 2